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Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

Aug 4, 2026, 7:35 AM

Israel’s Reproductive Crisis

Israel Is Not Losing People. It Is Losing the Capacity to Replace What It Uses On the same day that new figures showed Israeli emigration remaining at record levels for a third consecutive year, a Knesset committee extended the emergency...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Aug 2, 2026, 9:17 AM

Israel can live without American aid. But it must prepare to live without American resupply. After I published “Keep Your $3.8 Billion and Choke on It,” a friend asked an irritatingly good question: Could Israel actually be all right without the...

Aug 2, 2026, 5:05 AM

Remembering and Honouring Michael Levin Twenty Years Later

Michael z"l and Harriet Levin. Photo ©️Levin Family 2026

On Tisha b'Av, the most sombre day in the Jewish calendar, twenty years ago, Michael Levin z"l, the only American/Israeli casualty of the Second Lebanon War, was laid to rest on Mt. Herzl. This past week, his family, comrades,...

Aug 1, 2026, 5:09 PM

Treasure Trove: Who Should Not Live and Be Well?

From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Torono (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow

After the 1967 Six Day War, the originator of the comic book hero Captain America produced a spoof on the war and its political aftermath. A Funny Thing Happened To Me on the Way to Tel Aviv is a...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jul 31, 2026, 8:16 AM

Who’s (Not) a Zionist: RAAM or the Haredim?

Although the Israeli polls over the last two years have consistently shown that the Opposition is well ahead of the governing Coalition, the former are not at all guaranteed an absolute majority in the elections. The general trend: around...

Joseph P. Rhinewine

Jul 31, 2026, 5:56 AM

Keep your $3.8 billion in US aid

Israeli Air Force (IAF) F-35I Adir. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons)

Critics invoke a single number to portray Israel as an American client state, but that distorts the strategic alliance that benefits both countries

Jul 30, 2026, 12:25 PM

Judaism is Not a Religion Part 2

What I am about to write may be uncomfortable for some to read. It is surely very uncomfortable for me to write. However, in order for us to understand our current and future situation, I have to put this...

Jul 30, 2026, 12:23 PM

Twenty Years without Major Roi Klein. A tribute to a Jewish Hero.

Major Roi Klein z"l. Photo (c) IDF Spokesperson, 2026

Today, I had the solemn privilege of visiting the grave of Major Roi Klein z"l at the Mt. Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem. As I stood amidst the serene surroundings, my thoughts drifted back twenty years to a pivotal...

Jul 29, 2026, 9:10 PM

The market solution to the Haredi draft crisis

Troops watch as ultra-Orthodox men protest against the draft outside the IDF Recruitment Center at Tel Hashomer, July 15, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Instead of fighting a losing battle over conscription, the IDF should pay fair wages to professional soldiers and let incentives do what coercion has not

Jul 29, 2026, 8:59 PM

Hands up if you think you’re normal!

In Israel, missiles fly, schools reopen, teenagers go off to war, and we carry on. I hate to break it to you, but life is different in other countries

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